GAME says: PS3 launch stronger than the others

Different reports are rolling in from every side of things -- the launch is a failure, the launch is a success, the lunch is scheduled for 12:30PM, the dinner is undetermined, the dryer is too loud, the launch is a nail on Sony's coffin, it's too hot in here... you get the idea. Don't you? Well, here's the launch from UK retailer GAME's point of view.

The lame author tries to defend his title; "The launch is stronger because Sony came well-prepared with a plethora of units to fulfill everyone's wish who wants a PlayStation 3."

The point is; Supply & Demand. Sony has the Supply because there is NOT much of Demand. They could've brought enough PS3s for everyone in the UK to have 2 each but not that many are excited enough to want one.

But even if Demand was high, they should have more than enough still as the ORIGINAL launch date was Spring 2006. While they were having BR diode problems, I'm sure they were still stock-piling the rest of the parts.

You know your arguement would actually be valid if Sony went into Europe with only 300,000 units like MS did for the launch of the 360 and they did not sell out. That would totally show its lack of damand. Sony came with 1,000,000 units and even then might be sold out by the weekend. Yup that sure proves lack of demand for such an expensive system with no games :P

on Shikwan's part. They supplied a million consoles for the European launch, so obviously Sony did something right. It's better to have enough consoles for everyone rather than choke retailers with too few units and thus lose potential customers in the process.

"even if Demand was high, they should have more than enough still as the ORIGINAL launch date was Spring 2006"

Yeah, they should totally have like 4 million units lying around from April 2006, even though the hardware wasn't even finalized until May...wait, what?? Oh, that's right. You can't stock pile parts until you know what the hell you're building. They didn't stop adjusting the design of the PS3 until September 2006; that doesn't leave much time for conspiracy theories.

"You can't stock pile parts until you know what the hell you're building." When Ken was toting around that empty shell back in E3 05, he was lying about the MAJOR parts it would have AND the release date?

So the couldn't stock pile casings, hdmi ports, NIC cards or nothing until May 2006 when in January 2006 at CES, they said; "We are still on schedule for a Spring (2006) launch."??

People like you scare me; I'm seriously starting to think some sort of mind-control device was implemented in the PS2. There needs to be an investigation. Wake up, Neo.

Pretty sure the case is a different aspect. I also remember articles coming out that Xbox Fanatics latched on to that stated Sony was having difficulty getting the hardware to perform correctly with regards to ventilation because of the design of the shell that had already been finalized.

Weird though, I guess I was just on a LOT of acid at the time and imagined it.

shikwan, before you blasted DJ, why don't you look at your own reflection. If DJ scared you, you should be scare of yourself too. What generate so much hate to a company? Maybe you are loyal to another company too. So you decided to bash and bash. Wake up dude, nothing good coming out of bashing. Just let the number proof itself.

the empty/ broken promises that this compayn has "tossed" around regarding the PS3 is down right outrageous!....Like I do agree shikwan

"You can't stock pile parts until you know what the hell you're building." When Ken was toting around that empty shell back in E3 05, he was lying about the MAJOR parts it would have AND the release date?"

Forget every article on here! This launch was a huge success...and didn't sell out yet because of the number of systems available and the wii has been there for quite some time. I don't think the 360's much of a threat to them in the UK...it probably never will be. WOOHOO!

First off, what does sony's promises or anything that they've done have to do with how the console is selling? Please inform. I see lots of people saying (keep in mind most of these are the people who have said nothing positive and bash in the ps3 area everytime they get.)

"well the wii's or the 360's launch was packed and far better" Let me ask you something though, did they handle their supply for europe in the same way that sony did making sure they had an ample enough supply consoles for the europes launch were much higher than that of the wii's or 360?

I see lots of sites jumping the gun with their "95% of the consoles are unsold" and "its not selling" and their "its a flop" reports when they have no actual sales proof of how the console sold and are going by what's going on in THEIR area instead of focusing on everywhere else making it seem as if the whole ps3 launch failed as a whole.

For the ones who have declared that the ps3 was a total flop over in europe, austrailia, etc. with no valid, official numerical sales proof, If the console turns out to be a mega hit seller over there what would you say then?

Some of you need to go back to studying high school economics before you ever make a statement about the terms of "supply and demand"

but the only thing that leaves a bad taste in my mouth is extreme fanboyism, look ps3 is selling well in Europe 60,000/100,000 in France have been sold now, the launch parties all sucked for the ps in Europe because everyone either had pre-orders or knew it was going to available.

Also i think the console wars is just Stupid it's a marketing ploy , the next time around i want to see MS, Sony and even Nintendo to create one Console, I know it'll never happen but I think thats the way to go, development is getting too expensive.

I think we, as a consumers of games have just been spoon feed hatred by all these companies ever since the day of nintendo versus sega, and this is making all of us edgy. I don't like feeling guilty for liking a game on a console my friends say sucks, or vice versa, i hear flame war after flame war ( which i have gotten involved in and why? Also companies have bloggers starting flame wars a good example is The Mar, i mean lol if he's not getting paid for the crap he says, then he's just a sad ass looser. ) and i am getting sick of it.

I say lets just game, lets separate ourselves from the consoles ( i am a gamer not a 360 or ps or nindendo fanboy.) i just want to have fun, i think this hatred is just making all of use easier to control. It's the oldest trick in the book "divide then conquer", i don't want to justify things like high prices, or constant add on that cost a fortune, or bad business practices, i am talking about all the companies. anyway i am getting very long winded and off topic. (and yes i have bashed MS in the past), but never one of the games on their console, i am a gears and halo wore like many people, but i also love games like GOD of WAR and MGS, and I love all fighting games the most, so in closing, freaking get along, PS3 are selling it doesn't mean some ones gonna come to your house and make you give your Xbox up, MS is getting Great games too, but that doesn't mean new ips are not coming out for the ps, just play the games don't be fanboy jackasses

UR RIHGT! i really hate fanboyism, and i hate when people say bad things about ps3. What would you guys say if ps3 outsell 360 this year, i want to hear what you guys will say, i really want to know. I CAN'T WAIT TILL DECEMBER.

Well If the Ps3 did happen to sell out 360, I would think that people just wasted there money. There are only 19 games out for the ps3, 13 of them are out for the 360.

360 develops there games months ahead of the ps3, cause the coding system is much easier to work with. If ps3 had more and better games, then I would get one for sure, no questions asked, but the games that they have and the future line up of games for the ps3 are just pathetic.

The games that opened my eyes for the ps2 were the grand theft auto series, and now that the GTA IV game is coming out on the 360 too just makes it that much better in my eyes. Not to mention that pretty much every game that's coming out for the ps3 that comes out for the 360 is going to have exclusive downloadable content that you just couldn't get for the ps3.

i got my ps3 & 360 on launch, but the 360 started really selling when gears came out and before that it was not selling too well, but gears really gave it the push it needed and that was a year after thier launch, the same will happen with the ps3 down the line.

supply that is available to everyone who wants one can get one. Strong release titles, nobody went shooting like dumbass people did here in the U.S.. If you don't want the launch to interfer with your work week, go to work get paid cash your check come the weekend buy your PS3 and have fun all weekend before going back to work or school.

I wish that's the type of launch we would've had here in the states and then i wouldn't have missed 3 days of work to get one.

It's one day people give it time and the system will sell even better.

what if the PS3 outsell the xbox360 this year then what? we'll anything less than them out selling the 360 is a failure.this is sonys race(war) to lose.I think that sony will at some point over take MS in the console solds numbers. it should because there was over 100 million PS users an less than 25 million xbox users, an if sony cant take the lead then they will NEVER be the console leader again because MS wont allow it!!

Selling 9.6 million consoles in 16 months is a crazy rate. Just totally insurmountable. Sure the original Xbox sold faster than that, and the Wii's sold half that many within 4 months, but it's insurmountable. Right? Right?

And the PS3 sold 1.6 million in USA/Japan since launch in November. The official number of this launch aren't in although Sony says they sold 500k in Europe/Australia, I would wait for official numbers.

I've heard Sony mentioning more numbers and 'facts' before which are always false

Wii sells out the PS3 in Japan massively. Has that ever happened before with the PS2? Did it? There you have it. It doesn't even sell well in it's own back yarden. XBOX has always been selling bad in Japan, but in it's own backyarden USA/NA it's doing very, very well where the PS3 is doing very very bad at the moment.

Plus, 11 million 360's sold in just over a year, compared to 24 million original XBOX 1 sold in 5 years. I think that is a pretty good rate mate!

you are really sad you cant even read the fuking facts right you retard. Anyway again if you care about this your not a true gamer and you have bought into the politics, like POG, Themart, DC RIDER all them have. Realyl you bougth you xbox but whenever i come on here your always bashing the PS3 for no apparent reason. Really go play your 360 or are you bored of it? The true fact here is that all of you have bought into the politics that have been here since day one really get a grip and move on.

The NPD numbers will show the truth. I still thinK Sony is not going to move consoles like they did with the PS2. I will be very surprised to hear that they completely sold out in one week end at $999.99 and up. the price is too high. That will turn more people away than a bad games selection.

All of the excitement will fizzle and die just like the hype around Home. For some reason it only takes Sony news a few days to dry up.

some person went said something to ken that he made all those promises and lied well he did lie about a lot of stuff but i remember e3 2005 nvidia lied, epic was their they lied about ps3 also im guessing they said some crazy stuff about it to. i dont have a link cause i watched the press conference.

you can find e32005 on gametrailers probably or whatever that site is that you can watch game footage.

Heck... Mart is not commenting much on the BluRay issue anymore... Guess he has other fish to fry - like preemptively trying to spread FUD before the PS3 sells too much...

You know, most of us who want a PS3 just can not care less about the FUD that MS and Mart and buddies spread... If anything else, it just makes us get our PS3's more...

I think the viral marketing campaign is failing... people keep on buying BluRay and PS3's regardless of the now near hysterical FUD campaigns in the media. Sad really... that people can becomes so jealous and concerned about a company's success that they will break the commandments and lie to damage them... Well... as they sow, so shall they reap. Sow the wind and you will harvest a storm...